Mirror neurons discharge during the execution of hand object-directed actions and during
the observation of the same actions performed by other individuals. These neurons were first …

Maternal sensory signals in early life play a crucial role in programming the structure and
function of the developing brain, promoting vulnerability or resilience to emotional and …

Mirror neurons discharge during the execution of ecological goal‐directed manual and oral
actions, as well as during the observation of the same actions done by other individuals. …

Motor imagery, the ‘mental rehearsal of motor acts without overt movements’, involves either
a visual representation (visual imagery, VI) or mental simulation of movement, associated …

An experimental lesion in the primary motor or sensory cortices in monkeys leads to functional
reorganization in areas surrounding the lesion or in contralateral homologous regions. In …

Extraordinary motor skills required for expert athletic or music performance require longstanding
and intensive practice leading to two critical skills, a level of maximal performance that …

Although functional lateralization in the human brain has been studied intensively, there
remains significant controversy over the brain mechanisms that instantiate it. The main objective …

Evidence exists that the observation of actions activates the same cortical motor areas that
are involved in the performance of the observed actions. The neural substrate for this is the …

Several familial dementing conditions with atypical features have been characterized, but
only rarely is the neuropathology dominated solely by neurofibrillary lesions. We present a …

High-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging of healthy volunteers was used to
study the functional anatomy of the human primary motor (M1) and somatosensory (S1) …